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Song ID: Francoise Hardy – “Avec Des Si” (1968)

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She’s the ultimate chanteuse in my book, but you still need to sort through a lot of pedestrian stuff in her mountain of albums if you want to be sure not to miss anything particularly exquisite, like “Avec Des Si.” The song first appeared on a 1968 French EP and then showed up on a US album (exclusively, for a while) in 1969. (I know this from hanging out at the Francoise Hardy Discographie.) The beauty of this one is that the verses sound a bit garden variety until they morph into these throbbing, multicolored, swirling choruses. It’s the last song on the record, and the first time I heard it, I just sat there in my chair, the needle spinning in the inner groove after the last chorus fade, wondering what on earth I’d just heard.

Francoise Hardy – “Avec Des Si”

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